The Rocky Boy Health Center celebrates the grand opening of the Miyo Youth Wellness Center, a new facility providing youth with a place to partake in healthy activities, education, and cultural events.
Rocky Boy Health Center CEO Joel Rosette called the ribbon cutting a blessing.
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"It's been three years in the making, but it's also been a lifetime for this tribe to really invest into our youth and the future of Rocky Boy," Rosette said.
Melody Henry, director of strategic development for the Rocky Boy Health Center said the center will also provide medical services
"So, we'll be doing from prenatal to 18-year-olds the annual physicals," Henry said. "It's more of a preventative health center, so. Well, all the preventative things that well-child clinics, the checkups for the babies and so we get them going on seeing the providers when they need it."
Henry said kids will also learn recreational activities at the center.
"We'll be showing them how to cook traditional foods," Henry said. "We'll show them how to hunt, bring the food back here, process it and then cook it. We have a garden. We want to grow our own food, cook our own food here."
Henry said she is excited for her grandchildren to be at the youth center.
"My granddaughter, she's a little flower," Henry said. "And I want her to blossom and be the best possible she can be. And that's what we're going to do at the center with those kids that are little flowers. We're going to grow them with strong roots and beautiful blossoms."
Rosette said community support made the youth center possible.
"This GoodLife Lodge has the handprints of all of our people - not only our ancestors, but our future generations," Rosette said. "So a lot of people's handprints are on this building, and everybody's committed to seeing our, our youth be successful."
